Four-month metacarpal bone mineral density loss predicts radiological joint damage progression after 1 year in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: exploratory analyses from the IMPROVED study

K V C Wevers-de Boer; L Heimans; K Visser; J Kälvesten; R J Goekoop; M van Oosterhout; J B Harbers; C Bijkerk; M Steup-Beekman; M P D M de Buck; P B J de Sonnaville; T W J Huizinga; C F Allaart

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203749

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Four-month metacarpal bone mineral density loss predicts radiological joint damage progression after 1 year in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: exploratory analyses from the IMPROVED study

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K V C Wevers-de Boer Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Heimans Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
K Visser Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Kälvesten Sectra, Linköping, Sweden CMIV Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R J Goekoop Department of Rheumatology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M van Oosterhout Department of Rheumatology, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J B Harbers Department of Rheumatology, Franciscus Hospital, Roosendaal, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Bijkerk Department of Rheumatology, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Steup-Beekman Bronovo Hospital, The Hague, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M P D M de Buck Department of Rheumatology, MCH, The Hague, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
P B J de Sonnaville Oosterschelde Hospital, Goes, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
T W J Huizinga Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C F Allaart Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-holland, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to K V C Wevers-de Boer, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO BOX 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; k.v.c.de_boer{at}lumc.nl

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Wevers-de Boer KVC, Heimans L, Visser K, et al

Four-month metacarpal bone mineral density loss predicts radiological joint damage progression after 1 year in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: exploratory analyses from the IMPROVED study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2015;74:341-346.

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Received April 9, 2013
Revised August 16, 2013
Accepted November 2, 2013
First published November 27, 2013.

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